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Police Arrest One for Shots Fired at Vehicle
One person is in custody in connection to a shooting late last month near the Knox College campus.

Galesburg police arrested Xavier Parker early Monday morning in the 100 block of Blaine Avenue. Police issued a $200,000 warrant for his arrest last Friday for possession of a firearm by a felon.

The incident happened May 27th near the 100 block of South Academy Street. Police reports said Parker and another man police issued a separate warrant for on Friday, Anthony Alfaro, shot at two occupants in a sport utility vehicle following an apparent altercation. The vehicle sped off after being shot at.

Alfaro has not yet been located by police. The warrant for his arrest is for $250,000 for aggravated discharge of a firearm.

Parker allegedly gave a gun he was carrying at the time to Alfaro, who is accused of firing six shots at the vehicle. Nobody was hit by the gunfire. Authorities described both men after issuing the warrants as around 18 years old and both around 5-feet 8-inches tall. Alfaro is Hispanic and Parker is black.

It's not clear when Parker will make his first appearance in Knox County Circuit Court.


(Xavier Parker. Photo courtesy Knox County Sheriffs Department.)
06 08 10 by Newsroom
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